From left: Peter Hauspurg, Daun Paris Hauspurg, Barry Gosin and the property that traded hands in Bedford Corners

Newmark Knight Frank principal and CEO Barry Gosin bought the
Westchester County estate of Eastern Consolidated founders Peter
Hauspurg and Daun Paris Hauspurg, for $9.4 million. Gosin and his
wife Jacqueline closed on the purchase of the 26-acre parcel that
includes several residences at 617 Croton Lake Road in Bedford Corners
April 8, records filed with Westchester County yesterday show. Hauspurg
said he and Paris, who are married, no longer need all the space. “It
is a magnificent property,” Hauspurg said, but too large for them now
that their children have moved out. “We are rattling around [in it].” [more]

David Picket, president of the Gotham Organization, inside 200 West, his firm’s new rental on West 72nd Street.

From the December issue: West 72nd Street and Broadway epitomizes old New York. Brick-and-terra-cotta icons like the famed Dorilton mix with the bright lights of Gray’s Papaya. But there’s a newcomer that looks more like South Beach, splashing glass amid the stately stone.
Named 200 West for its 72nd Street address, the 19-story rental tower broke ground in 2007, near the height of the boom, and is scheduled to start leasing in February. In addition to the 196 apartments, the building, which wraps an obtuse-angled corner, also has a total of 50,000 square feet of big-box-style, multilevel space for three retailers. That’s in a neighborhood where stores typically measure a fraction of the size. “We will certainly liven up that corner a lot,” said David Picket, president of the Gotham Organization, the developer of the $220 million project and one of its three investors. The others are Philips International Holding and Rhodes NY. [more]